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Old 01-24-2012, 02:22 PM   #15 (permalink)
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For hypermiling, with low power/weight, weight transfer effects are insignificant, thus the packaging advantages of fwd are strong. For go-fast, rwd wins, on braking as well as acceleration.
That's what I was thinking, packaging. Those 1970's VW Rabbit commercials of rational design did their job well!

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